Congratulations to Dr. Harindra Wijeysundera, who was appointed the inaugural Ontario-Health, CorHealth Provincial Physician Lead for Cardiac Care.
New recently published findings in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology show that recalibration of existing risk scores using contemporary population-level data can improve risk estimates, more precisely determining whether a patient should be prescribed cholesterol-lowering statins.
Shared Hospital Laboratory (SHL), the largest hospital microbiology lab in Ontario, celebrated its official opening today. The lab is a partnership between Sunnybrook, Michael Garron Hospital, North York General Hospital, and Scarborough Health Network, with support from the Ontario Ministry of Health and BD Canada, and houses state-of-the-art automation which has led to greater efficiencies and turnaround time.
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre’s Heart Function clinic has recently collaborated with Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. to implement the Medly Program— a digital health solution for complex cardiovascular patients. Developed at the University Health Network (UHN), Medly is designed to help the way clinicians and patients manage heart failure.
The map provides users with step-by-step directions inside hospital buildings, and within the campus grounds, right through their mobile phone, computer or tablet.
